Lapa

FLY, EAGLES FLY
Sep 29, 2008
20,005
Imagine this, you drink beer, wine and whiskey and you get terrible hangover. :D

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Hey have you guys been in Torino and how often. Do you know any good houses/apartments that you can rent? So no hotel, just some nice flat that you can rent, like those villas in southern Italy. Going there in next March probably and we don't like hotels that much.

EDIT: @Martin
 

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Martin

Senior Member
Dec 31, 2000
56,913
Imagine this, you drink beer, wine and whiskey and you get terrible hangover. :D

--

Hey have you guys been in Torino and how often. Do you know any good houses/apartments that you can rent? So no hotel, just some nice flat that you can rent, like those villas in southern Italy. Going there in next March probably and we don't like hotels that much.

EDIT: @Martin
Hi Lapa, great story bro!

Sounds like you should try airbnb
 
Aug 1, 2003
17,696
Has anyone moved far away from their family, whom they're very close to, because of marriage (i.e. following your partner)? How do you deal with it / try to minimise the effects of not being home ?

I worry about not spending time with my parents in their old age, and that my nieces / nephews might forget me or we lose the connection we have now, and worst of all I worry my cats will die much quicker (they're ageing too) without the TLC from their mumma ...
 

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Ohaulick
Oct 28, 2010
46,277
Has anyone moved far away from their family, whom they're very close to, because of marriage (i.e. following your partner)? How do you deal with it / try to minimise the effects of not being home ?

I worry about not spending time with my parents in their old age, and that my nieces / nephews might forget me or we lose the connection we have now, and worst of all I worry my cats will die much quicker (they're ageing too) without the TLC from their mumma ...
You got married???
 

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L'autista
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Sep 23, 2003
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Has anyone moved far away from their family, whom they're very close to, because of marriage (i.e. following your partner)? How do you deal with it / try to minimise the effects of not being home ?

I worry about not spending time with my parents in their old age, and that my nieces / nephews might forget me or we lose the connection we have now, and worst of all I worry my cats will die much quicker (they're ageing too) without the TLC from their mumma ...
Family is a different thing in Asia than it is here... it seems much stronger and more foundational. That said, I have a pretty close "nuclear" family. I moved away not for a girl, but for a job. My brothers and I have stayed decently connected over the years, although that has evolved over time. Phone calls, regular visits to each other. Family is family -- so that's the good thing. Distance can't really break blood ties like that. But as your parents get older, it is important to be present for the time that you have them in this world.

So yeah -- make regular visits (which will be nice) and find other ways (phone, Skype, etc.) to keep connected. It will work out.
 

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L'autista
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Sep 23, 2003
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Oh, hey ... @Dru @icemaη @Sheik Yerbouti...

So after my wife and I left Dru's last night, how was AsiaSF?? :klin: You guys pick up any "waitresses" who are coming over to watch the match at my place this morning? :D
 

WΏΏdy?

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Dec 23, 2005
14,997
Has anyone moved far away from their family, whom they're very close to, because of marriage (i.e. following your partner)? How do you deal with it / try to minimise the effects of not being home ?

I worry about not spending time with my parents in their old age, and that my nieces / nephews might forget me or we lose the connection we have now, and worst of all I worry my cats will die much quicker (they're ageing too) without the TLC from their mumma ...
If you got married then your guy and his cats are your family now. Don't have your legs in two boats.

How do u deal with it? If you guys are in love and your family isnt dependent on you then youll get over it within weeks.
 

lgorTudor

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Jan 15, 2015
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Has anyone moved far away from their family, whom they're very close to, because of marriage (i.e. following your partner)? How do you deal with it / try to minimise the effects of not being home ?

I worry about not spending time with my parents in their old age, and that my nieces / nephews might forget me or we lose the connection we have now, and worst of all I worry my cats will die much quicker (they're ageing too) without the TLC from their mumma ...
There's Skype, it works for my family. And take your cats with you
 
Aug 1, 2003
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Planning to get married but as the decision gets closer (he is flying to formally ask for my hand from my parents end of the month, and we plan to marry early next year) I get even more scared. It's hard because someone will always sacrifice something - if we stay in Malaysia his parents in Australia will age and he loses that time with them too, and vice versa.

Just don't want to have any regrets later on about leaving them to "move on", but I guess you cannot control these things, if they pass there's no telling how when or why.
 

Martin

Senior Member
Dec 31, 2000
56,913
Planning to get married but as the decision gets closer (he is flying to formally ask for my hand from my parents end of the month, and we plan to marry early next year) I get even more scared. It's hard because someone will always sacrifice something - if we stay in Malaysia his parents in Australia will age and he loses that time with them too, and vice versa.

Just don't want to have any regrets later on about leaving them to "move on", but I guess you cannot control these things, if they pass there's no telling how when or why.
married again?
you're pretty addicted to these Australian guys aren't you :p
 

Post Ironic

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Feb 9, 2013
42,122
What a joke Mayweather has turned into. Chose Berto for what might be his last fight. Guy had lost 3 of his last 6. At the very least he should have fought one of the undefeated rising boxers like Thurman or Kell Brook... the ideal fight of course would have been Gennady Golovkin, as he has stated many times he could easily drop to 154 for the fight.

Instead, we got this joke of a fight with Mayweather hardly breaking a sweat against a scrub like Berto. Half the crowd booed the end of the fight.
 

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Ohaulick
Oct 28, 2010
46,277
I didn't watch it. Only saw the Pacman fight because all my friends were since it was so hyped. Mayweather fights have been some of the most ridiculously horrible boxing matches I've ever seen.
 

Post Ironic

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Feb 9, 2013
42,122
I watched the last few rounds. It was a snoozefest. May weather basically just danced circles around him, showed why he's so hard to hit, and did the bare minimum required to beat a boxer that inferior to him. Didn't go for a knockout, didn't try to punish Berto, nothing.

I can't remember an entertaining Mayweather fight since his return from retirement. Both the De La Hoya and Hatton fights were pretty good back in 07. But since his return from retirement he's been awful to watch.
 

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